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Landscaping manufacturers Marshalls are to close their plants at Sawley and Cannock.
Read More »Market for greener homes worth £3.5bn
There's a market worth £3.5 to £6.5bn out there for builders, builders merchants and building product suppliers to tap into, if the UK homeowner was encouraged to be greener, according to a report by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
Read More »Cemco expand with Thistle Timber and Building
Builders merchant buying group Cemco have a new member with effect from July 1.
Read More »Grafton and Travis Perkins should merge says analyst
Grafton Group, parent company of builders merchants Buildbase and plumbers merchants Plumbase, should merge with fellow builders merchant Travis Perkins in the UK according to a senior Dublin analyst.
Read More »Naylor win excellence award
Naylor Drainage have won the Best SME award at the Manufacturing Excellence Awards.
Read More »Industry urges VAT reduction for RMI work
Industry organisations are joining forces to urge the government to reduce the rate of VAT payable on all building repair and maintenance work.
Read More »Wolseley shares continue to fall as housebuilder losses rise
Builders merchant chain Wolseley's shares continued their tumble downwards today, falling to 294.25 this morning.
Read More »BMF spreads carbon monoxide safety message
The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) is aiming to increase awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisioning with the launch of Carbon Monoxide Alarm Week.
Read More »Construction output will be down 6% in 2008
The June 2008 Leading Edge forecast predicts that the credit crunch, combined with cost inflation is going to drag the construction industry's 2008 output down 6% in real terms.
Read More »Robert Price wins site appeal
Robert Price, the Welsh independent builders merchants have won permission to move their branch in Newport to the site of their choice.
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